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New reviews from the world of music, an eclectic mix of everything from indie to commercial pop. Trendy new music, probably some albums to avoid and definitely some new music that could be future favourites.
Changing Of The Guard Is A Transitional Moment For I Have A Tribe
I Have a Tribe is the brainchild of the Dublin singer-songwriter Patrick O’Laoghaire, and Changing of the Guard is the project’s first album since 2016’s Beneath a Yellow Moon.
Changing of the Guard is chocked full of O’Laoghaire’s…
Bleach Lab Pack Plenty Of Emotion Into Their Dreamy Full Length Debut
With a collection of impressive EPs under their belt - the highlight being November 2022’s stunning If You Could Only Feel Once – blissful rockers Bleach Lab have slowly become the talk of the UK indie underground, growing a status as one…
Everything Is Alive Is A Reminder Of Slowdive’s Timeless Quality
They say that absence makes the heart grow fonder and this couldn’t be closer to the truth than with Reading shoegazers Slowdive.
Three albums in the early to mid ‘90s gained them status as one of the hottest names in the UK indie rock…
On Dream Big, Soda Blonde Set A New Standard For Themselves
Returning repackaged and with a fresh sound, Soda Blonde’s incredible debut Small Talk emerged back in 2021 out of the ashes of much-loved Irish indie rock outfit, Little Green Cars.
Built on the experience of their previous outfit,…
Everything Unsaved Will Be Lost Is A Spooky, Stylish Debut From Reylta
A little bit of general knowledge about me / admission of bias - everything about Galway is my jam.
Supermacs? Oh yeah. An arch from Spain? Absolutely, hit me. Claddagh rings?! Oh baby yeah. I also spent 3 years there and had a…
Album Review | Nation Of Language’s Strange DiscipleIs Evidence That Great Music Always Pulls…
If you needed evidence that great music will always pull through and find a way to be heard, Nation of Language are that evidence.
Releasing their first two albums (2020 debut Introduction, Presence and 2021 follow-up A Way Forward) at…
Album Review | Pyrrhic Marks A Mesmerizing Sea Change For Elaine Malone
Limerick-born Elaine Malone has been a stalwart of the Cork music scene for over a decade now. Prolific as MANTUA, the singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist has also been a member of punk band Land Crabs, Krautrock-inspired Soft…
Album Review | A Litany Of Failures: Volume IVIs Another Spectacular Foray Into The Irish Indie…
Way back in 2008, Pitchfork’s Ian Cohen wrote that “an ability to easily find free music combined with user-friendly web technology” meant that trying to keep up with new artists and bands was starting to feel “less like a labor of love…
Album Review | Supernumeraries Is A Lyrical Showcase For Ezra Williams
Ezra Williams is a singer-songwriter based in Cork, Ireland. With soft vocals and understated instrumentals, Supernumeraries showcases Williams’s songwriting abilities. Using acoustic and the occasional electric guitar, Williams shows a…
Album Review | Grian Chatten Delivers An Instant Classic On His Solo Debut
After just six years, Grian Chatten is already well on his way to completing music. As the frontman and chief lyricist for Irish post-punk outfit Fontaines D.C., he’s already achieved success and accolades that some artists work decades…